Fully heavy tetraquark states with a diquark-antidiquark configuration
The study of the fully heavy tetraquark state helps to better understand the characteristics of compact exotic hadrons formed by quarks and gluons. In this work, we systematically investigate the mass spectra and decay channels of fully heavy tetraquark states using a diquark-antidiquark model based on the one-gluon exchange process. The tetraquark states are treated as compact diquark-antidiquark configurations, denoted as <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:mo stretchy="false">[</a:mo> <a:mi>Q</a:mi> <a:mi>Q</a:mi> <a:mo stretchy="false">]</a:mo> <a:mo stretchy="false">[</a:mo> <a:mover accent="true"> <a:mi>Q</a:mi> <a:mo stretchy="false">¯</a:mo> </a:mover> <a:mover accent="true"> <a:mi>Q</a:mi> <a:mo stretchy="false">¯</a:mo> </a:mover> <a:mo stretchy="false">]</a:mo> </a:math> , where <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <k:mi>Q</k:mi> <k:mo>=</k:mo> <k:mi>c</k:mi> </k:math> or <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <m:mi>b</m:mi> </m:math> . By properly accounting for the Pauli principle, basis wave functions incorporating flavor, color, and spin are constructed. The required model parameters are derived from fitting conventional hadron experimental values and lattice QCD calculations. We calculate the mass spectra and decays of the fully heavy tetraquarks in the lower <o:math xmlns:o="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <o:mi>S</o:mi> </o:math> and <q:math xmlns:q="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <q:mi>P</q:mi> </q:math> waves. Our results do not support interpreting <s:math xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <s:mi>X</s:mi> <s:mo stretchy="false">(</s:mo> <s:mn>6600</s:mn> <s:mo stretchy="false">)</s:mo> </s:math> , <w:math xmlns:w="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <w:mi>X</w:mi> <w:mo stretchy="false">(</w:mo> <w:mn>6900</w:mn> <w:mo stretchy="false">)</w:mo> </w:math> , and <ab:math xmlns:ab="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <ab:mi>X</ab:mi> <ab:mo stretchy="false">(</ab:mo> <ab:mn>7200</ab:mn> <ab:mo stretchy="false">)</ab:mo> </ab:math> as the <eb:math xmlns:eb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <eb:mn>1</eb:mn> <eb:mi>S</eb:mi> </eb:math> -wave fully charmed tetraquark states. Nevertheless, our analysis suggests that <gb:math xmlns:gb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <gb:mi>X</gb:mi> <gb:mo stretchy="false">(</gb:mo> <gb:mn>6200</gb:mn> <gb:mo stretchy="false">)</gb:mo> </gb:math> can be a good candidate for the <kb:math xmlns:kb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <kb:mn>1</kb:mn> <kb:mi>S</kb:mi> </kb:math> -wave fully charmed tetraquark state with quantum numbers <mb:math xmlns:mb="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mb:msup> <mb:mn>2</mb:mn> <mb:mrow> <mb:mo>+</mb:mo> <mb:mo>+</mb:mo> </mb:mrow> </mb:msup> </mb:math> . Furthermore, we also identify several narrow fully heavy tetraquark states that may be observable in future experiments.
Authors
- Tao Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1823-8039)
- X. M. Xia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0907-0721)
Institutions
- Chengdu University of Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/pvq6-kbxf
- Primary Topic
- Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Chengdu University of Technology
- Chengdu University